Rare baby trees find new home in Scotland

Two rare "tree daisies" have found a new home in Scotland.

They are just two of the surviving descendants of the very rare Dendroseris neriifolia, with only one tree left in the wild.

And that particular tree is clinging to the side of a cliff in the South Pacific Ocean where it is secured with ropes to stop it from falling off.

The tree grows on Juan Fernández Islands which belong to Chile.

These islands are also famous for being the location where Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk was abandoned for four years in 1704 before his rescue in 1708.

He later became the inspiration for the 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe.

In 1980, there were eight surviving wild Dendroseris neriifolia.

But scientists say because of deforestation, fires and animals grazing, there is now just the one Dendroseris neriifolia left in the wild.

Seeds have been collected from the remaining trees and stored in something called a seed bank.

Seed banks are places where seeds from different plants are carefully stored.

This is to make sure that copies of plants can survive into the future, as more species of plants are under threat than ever before.

There are thought to be more than 1,000 seed banks in the world.

The largest of all of them is the Millenium Seed Bank in the United Kingdom.

It's home to over 2.5 billion seeds from more than 40,000 different species.

In May, the Millennium Seed Bank took 29 seeds from the last dendroseris neriifolia - 25 of those seeds were considered plantable, or viable.

Eight of these seeds were planted and have started growing new trees.

Two of those tiny trees have now been transported to a new home at Logan Botanic Garden in Scotland.

"Experience shows that plant species from the Juan Fernández Islands do well at Logan," says Richard Baines, a curator at Logan Botanic Garden.

"This is the start of an exciting new period. Creating a safe place for these seedlings, getting to know them, and learning more about their adaption to different environments, gives us the chance to contribute so much more."

Chilean scientist Diego Penneckamp said saving the tree was a "race against time".

Here's hoping the little trees thrive in their new home.